Broncos Athletics

From the Director's Chair With Cheryl Levick

Jan 26, 2004

January 2004

Bronco Fans,

Mark Your Calendars!

On March 4-8, the annual West Coast Conference Men's and Women's
Basketball Championships return to Santa Clara University and, for the
first time since we opened the newly renovated Leavey Center in December
of 2000, SCU will host a major championship event. NCAA men's and
women's postseason berths will be on the line and fans from throughout
the WCC region will converge on our beautiful campus to cheer on their
teams.

With three highly-competitive teams in the Bay Area, combined with the
centralized location of the Bay Area within the league's geography, WCC
officials are expecting ticket demand to be at a premium. There are
some great men's and women's teams in this conference so I encourage
everyone to join us at this event.

As I mentioned, there is a significant demand for tickets to the WCC
Championships so I would recommend you don't wait until the last minute.
There is a better than average chance the men's event will sell out in
advance so I suggest calling the Athletic Ticket Office at 408/554-4660
as soon as you can.

Other SCU Athletics Highlights:

We recently received the fall quarter grade reports for our teams and
studen-athletes and I am pleased to announce that we have had an
incredible degree of success in the classroom this year. A few of our
academic highlights for the fall quarter include:

- Eight of our 17 athletic teams recorded cumulative grade point
averages over a 3.0 for the fall quarter.

- After those eight, seven teams finished the quarter with over a 2.92
gpa or better. That gives us 15 of our 17 teams with a 2.9 cumulative
gpa or better.

- The women's cross country team led all of our sports teams for the
quarter with a 3.492 cumulative gpa and two of their members received
perfect 4.00 scores.

- 74 Bronco student-athletes recorded a 3.5 gpa or better for the
quarter and 187 had over a 3.0

I'm proud of the effort our student-athletes put forth on the field and
in the classroom. Congratulations to the coaches, academic support
staff and, most importantly, the student-athletes for such a great fall
quarter.

As pleased as I am about our team's academic achievement, I'd be less
than truthful if I didn't say I'm very proud of the athletic success
we've achieved this past fall.

In the USSA Division I Director's Cup (formerly known as the Sears
Cup), we finished the fall season as the top Division IAAA institution
in the nation. With our men's and women's soccer and volleyball teams
all advancing to the NCAA Tournament, we finished the fall sports season
in 16th place overall in the national standings.

We focus heavily on maintaining athletic success on a national scale.
So, this ranking is a significant barometer that helps us determine
where we stand. I'm very pleased with where we are and if we can
continue this success through our spring sports, we have a chance to be
one of the top athletic programs in the nation.